Craigend Colliery

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Cousland, Archibald, 07 Nov 1913, aged 42, Assistant Machineman, He switched on the current to enable his partner to examine the commutator brushes before the haulage rope had been set in position — the new picks catching in the coal threw the machine out from the face, which caused him to be caught and badly lacerated by the picks. He died soon afterwards

Jenkins, Daniel, 23 Oct 1909, aged 30, Roadsman, Deceased was assisting at a survey on the main haulage road, when a stone fell upon him from the roof. There was a movement on the roof caused by the workings of a seam above

Kay, John, 14 Jan 1890, 12.30 p.m., 7th hour of shift, aged 58, Screenman, Crushed by waggon at screen

Kerr, Robert, 30 Nov 1922, (accident: 21 Nov 1922, 11.30 a.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 38, Miner's drawer, He was waiting on the haulage road with his loaded tub when he was struck by a runaway tub. His breast bone and several of his ribs were fractured. He died nine days later. The runaway tub was one being brought out by another drawer; the locker broke and the drawer lost control.  The gradient of the road was 1 in 12.

Love, David, 10 May 1909, aged 56, Surface-Foreman, Deceased was moving some waggons and as they were getting too much way, he attempted to stop them by inserting a coupling pole and as soon as it entered the wheel spokes it came round suddenly and the projecting part struck him and he was thrown under the wheels

Paterson, Thomas, 12 Feb 1924, 11.45 a.m., 5th hour of shift, aged 56, Surface Worker, He was employed emptying wagons of dross into a dross pit. He had occasion to cross one of the tracks of rails to a coal crusher which had broken down. On this rail track a wagon was being loaded, and 3 ft. to the east of this was an empty wagon and eight loaded wagons. Another train of wagons was being shunted by the locomotive on this track. He was returning across the 3 ft. space when the wagons, which were being shunted, jammed the train of stationary wagons, and caused the empty wagon to move towards the one which was being loaded. He was crushed between the buffers and died about 2 minutes later. He could have returned across the track without passing between the wagons. The locomotive gave a warning whistle, but the brakesman had not given verbal warning, as he had not anticipated that the jamming of the wagons on the east would cause the empty wagon to move

Sharp, John, 28 Nov 1924, 9.0 a.m., 2nd hour of shift, aged 60, Ironstone Filler, Deceased was filling calcined ironstone from a bing into hutches. The ironstone was hot and was undermined from 3 ft. to 6 ft. for a length of 30 ft. without sprags. A fall 15 ft. long and weighing about 30 tons occurred, which completely buried him ; he was killed instantly

Sharp, Robert, 04 Oct 1924, (accident: 11 Nov 1923, 12.30 p.m., 6th hour of shift), aged 32, Miner, Above the coal seam there are 15 ins. of short grained blaes which fall with the coal. The coal and blaes had settled down on the disc of the machine. Sharp was working the coal off the disc, but had neglected to take down the blaes or support it by a prop. A piece of overhanging blaes weighing about 5 cwts. fell on to him, fracturing his spine. He died on 4th October, 1924

Tulloch, John, 10 Nov 1922, (accident: 09 Nov 1922, 4.45 p.m., 5th hour of shift), aged 50, Miner, He was working at the face preparing to set a prop to support the top coal when a piece 5ft by 3ft 9in fell and struck him on the shoulder. He died the following day